Euphoria set for UK chart success – highest entry for a Eurovision winner since 1997

The winning song of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest swept to number 1 in the UK iTunes chart on Monday morning and entered Wednesday’s Official Chart Update at number 2. The strength of her sales mean that she’s almost guaranteed a top 6 entry on the official chart which will be announced in a few hours time. That would make Euphoria the most successful Eurovision winner since Katrina & The Waves reached number 3 in 1997 – and the most successful non-UK Eurovision song since Jonny Logan made it to number 2 in 1987 with ‘Hold Me Now’. The last song to have any real UK chart success was Alexander Rybak’s ‘Fairytale’ which made it to number 10 in 2009.

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Chart position for UK entry and Eurovision winner for each year since 1990 (DNC = did not chart)